turn up
Example Sentences
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It’s an effect that might turn up in May’s personal consumption expenditures report on Thursday.
From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026
The crowd shook her car with such vigor that the 23-year-old Westminster resident couldn’t turn up the music like people shouted at her to do.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
The always-bustling neighborhood will turn up a notch when Ghanaians, Ivorians and Senegalese gather over jollof rice, tart bissap drinks made from hibiscus flowers and rich, shareable lamb and seafood dishes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Foley, 52, was due before Highbury Corner magistrates on Monday accused of breaching the order, but failed to turn up.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
We’d turn up at the Ex-Services Bowls Club every week and bowl our hearts out for an hour or so before we were packed back onto the bus and sent home.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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